Ipomoea meyeri
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Ipomoea meyeri is a plant type from the genus of Morningglory ( Ipomoea ) from the family of wind plants (Convolvulaceae). It occurs on the West Indies and in Central and South America .
description
Ipomoea meyeri is a climbing plant with short, slender stems that are hairless to slightly hairy. The hairless leaves are broadly ovate and 4 to 10 cm long. The leaf margin is whole or spear-shaped divided into three lobes, the base is heart-shaped, the leaves are pointed to pointy towards the front.
The flowering period of the species extends from November to February. A few to several flowers are in a zymous inflorescence whose peduncle is about the same length as the pedicels . The sepals are long-lanceolate, long-linear towards the tip, 10 to 20 mm long and finely to bristly haired with protruding trichomes . The crown is 2 to 3 cm long, it is blue to purple in color and has a white throat.
The fruits are spherical capsules with a diameter of about 8 mm. The seeds are densely hairy with short trichomes.
Occurrence
Ipomoea meyeri occurs on the West Indies and in southern Mexico via Panama to northern South America .
Systematics
Within the genus of morning glory ( Ipomoea ), the species is classified in the series Heterophyllae of the Pharbitis section .
literature
- Daniel F. Austin: Flora of Panama, Part IX: Family 164. Convolvulaceae . In: Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden , Vol. 62, pp. 157-224.
- Daniel F. Austin and Zosimo Huaman: A Synopsis of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in the Americas . In: Taxon , Vol. 45, No. 1, Feb. 1996, pp. 3-38.